Alternative financing, occupying a highly lucrative financial grey area, is a concept alien to those who never need it, and a lifeline to those who are sometimes forced to rely upon it. Passing through the streets in most urban areas, you’ll see an array of shady-looking businesses with payday loan signs in their windows, promising […]
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Who Is the Enemy? Unions or Executives?
Unionbusting was a major theme in 2011; numerous companies moaned to the media about how they were having trouble meeting their costs because of those pesky unions. Some went as far as threatening (and declaring) bankruptcy over union negotiations, positioning labour as the enemy; they’d have to shut down and kill hundreds or thousands of […]